Unfail

Quick meaning: Unfail is a verb meaning (uncommon, nonstandard) To undo or reverse the failure of; to return to an unfailed state.

Meaning

(uncommon, nonstandard) To undo or reverse the failure of; to return to an unfailed state.

Example Sentences

Trying to Unfail the Homeless Individual – Wibke Schniedermann.

[…] the problem with HUD running the Housing Authority has to be addressed, because you can't expect the agency that has failed, to unfail.

So-called failed states were perceived as breeding grounds for transnational violence, so great powers began to compete for the right to "unfail" them, to make or re-make their regimes to eliminate security contagion.

Once an input stream has failed, it is very hard to "unfail" it. You can clear the failbit and take your chances, but that is pretty useless in practice. If you cannot tolerate failure, read the input file as a sequence of strings and then parse the strings.

Word Forms

• unfails
• unfailing
• unfailed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inexhaustible, unflagging, infallible, foolproof, constant, indefatigable.

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